shower-bath



NITED STATES OFFICE.

H. H. KING, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOWER-BATH.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 4,949, dated February 1, 1847.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, H. H. KING, of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedShower-Bath, and that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the principle or character which distinguishes it fromall other things before kno-wn and of the manner of making,constructing, and using the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2, a vertical section.

The saine letters indicate like parts in both the figures.

rlhe nature of my invention consists in constructing a shower bath withhollow standards pierced with holes so as to produce a jet of water onall sides (as well as the usual shower from above) which can be usedseparately or in conjunction with the said shower at will.

My bath consists of the following parts to ervoir has two bott-omsbetween which said chamber (c) is situated, as clearly shown in thesection Fig. 2; a valve (e) opens a communcation between the reservoirand chamber and when open allows the waterin said reservoir to flow downinto the hollow standards (b) and thence out through the holes in thesides thereof and forming jets inward from each toward the center. Belowthe chamber (c) there is another the bottom of which is pierced withline holes. A communication is made into this by a second valve (it)which when raised gives a shower from above in the usual way. The valvesare raised inside by cords attached to levers (7c) which are connectedwith t-he valve stems, or any other mechanical arrangement may bedevised therefor. The water can be raised from the receiver to thereservoir by a force pump (p).

Having thus fullydescribed my improvement, what I claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Constructing a shower bathwith lateral jets formed by the vertical standards substantially in themanner and for the purpose described, but I do not claim forming anannular jet around the sides of the bath as that has before been but atan expense and inconvenience that rendered it impracticable.

H. H. KING.

Witnesses l.

GILBERT ALLEN, EDWD. I-IoDGES.

